> From: Bill Judson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PCI] CLI in OS9? > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I use winXP as my main OS and I still need to use DOS occasionally! For >> instance I wanted to creat a list of all my albums on an external HD, >> there >> are over 900 and i didnt fancy typing it out :-)=2E Instead of >> downloading= >> >> some crap I discovered some simple DOS commands that did it for me=2E >> >> How would you do something like that in OS9? > > It's not exactly a CLI, & it's not built into the system, if it it comes to my > needing to do that sort of thing in the Classic Mac OS, the usual way I handle > getting an automatic text list of a bunch of files is to drag the windows into > BBEdit (there's a free "lite" version of this text editor out there on the Net > that also allows this functionality.) > > There are some more sophicated text editors out there that can do things like > that with Unix-like CLI syntax, I think 1 of them is called "Alpha" > (shareware) > & there are also free (GPL-type licensing) Mac versions of emacs & xemacs that > can manipulate files with shell-like commands.
Nice one Bill. I can add that BBLite (not so easy to get now as it has been superseded) can be manipulated by a powerful GREP engine built in. (There was a nice tute on this at www.anybrowser.org/bbedit/grep.shtml). GREP is a pattern recognition engine that enables one to manipulate text in the most imaginative way, and globally across all nominated files at once... Anyone who has to manipulate text files bigtime should learn the basic ropes... David Elmo -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
